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Part 2 – Getting Started

Getting Started – Living

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Getting Started – People

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Main street Baltasar Brum with bank on corner and one boy on a bike in the road. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Maria and Ruben standing in front of their restaurant, Dos Marias. Pharmacy and four people sitting on a bench waiting for the bus. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Police station with three officers standing in the doorway. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Large gymnasium with the sign Tiny, one room building with the sign Husband, wife and baby sitting outside their home made of cinder block. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Woman and girl standing outside their home made of corrugated tin. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Man standing in front of his home no bigger than a shed made of corrugated tin. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Typical dirt street in Baltasar Brum. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Sheep in fenced in field. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Gaucho riding horse holding sheep he had slaughtered. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Gaucho on horseback waving. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Small ostriches called ñandus. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Three boys holding the eggs of small ostriches called ñandus. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Standing in front of my home, La Casa Amarilla, wearing the poncho Marita made for me. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Living room simply furnished with table and chairs, lawn chair and vegetable crate for a side table. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Cement fireplace with burning log and lit candles on the mantel. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Kitchen with stove, a narrow table/counter, one storage cabinet and a mini-fridge. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Washing dishes in a tub on a stool in the kitchen. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Mosquito netting hanging over my single bed covered with two wool blankets. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. My bathroom had a bidet and an electric contraption that heated the water in the shower head. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. My overgrown backyard. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Washing clothes and lettuce in my backyard. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Nery standing next to his store, Supermercado Gigante. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Tula and Leonardo in their almacén. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Almacén shopkeeper with vegetables displayed in crates. A Peace Corps volunteer's story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Asado, beef or mutton cooked over hardwood embers. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Butcher in meat market. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Telephone switchboard operator. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Postmaster Raul standing outside the post office. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Five kittens on my bed. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Squash and lime tree in my backyard. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Kneeling and cutting the grass with hedge clippers. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Silveiras at Celebre la Vida party. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Friends at Celebre la Vida party, including Marita, Bernardo and Juan Carlos. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Fellow volunteers Craig, Tim, Robin and Ted at my Celebre la Vida party. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Celebre la Vida cake. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay. Peace Corps volunteer Ted eating cake. A Peace Corps volunteer’s story in Baltasar Brum, Uruguay.
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